Posted on 03/05/2008 6:06:18 AM PST by dennisw
I am posting this to archive it. I read this classic years ago. It is almost gone from the internets. Free Republic will keep it alive
Thanks Dennis. A timely piece to revisit given the recent problems of Geert Wilders and the Netherlands.
bookmarking for later reading. (and printing out for my library!)
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But Obama can talk to them!
The USA can look and see what’s happening in Holland and Europe, and decide to do what it must to save itself. Namely, stand firm against the inroads of the jihadis.
It hasn’t yet.
From the looks of it, it won’t.
Thanks Dennisw. The foreign policy quandry that we will face in just a few short years regarding the Civil War in Europe will make the Iraq War seem mild in comparison.
Thanks guys, the author is a Pakistani who got convicted for writing this book to a fine of about 800 euro’s. Although it’s not a big fine, it says enough about how much value the Dutch freedom of speech is.
If people want on or off this list, please let me know.
Hope so
Thanks for posting this classic!
So, after the book was banned, were the books taken to a football stadium and burnt in a big pile in the middle of the night with people cheering on the inferno? That's a sure way to be certain nobody will ever read the book.
Of course, these book burnings could inspire some people to rebel at being prevented by their government from reading what they wish and consequently start a new political party complete with uniforms and marching bands in the traditional European manner.
Then, once the revolution takes hold, everyone will forced to read the book and even quote passages from it on demand before they are allowed to purchase food or perhaps board a train.
Or, the Europeans could just leave the book on the bookstore shelf and let it stand up to critique on it's own merit.
But what the hell do I know? I am an American and several percentage points less intelligent than the average European. I know this because a European quoted it to me from a book he had been reading that was approved by his government. Of course, this book he cited could be banned over there by now, so who really knows what the truth is?
Thais is from 1992 and could have been written today. Nothing has changed except the Dutch have a lot more Muslims in their lovely nation
Bookmark.
I visit Amsterdam every year in the summer. I’ve noticed even my liberal friends there have FINALLY faced reality the past few years. There is no great love for Muslims these days over there.The people of Amsterdam are pissed off that their mayor now has to travel with bodyguards where once he rode his bike alone all over town. Many Muslims there have now shaver off their beards as not to stand out in a crowd. The dutch in the past few years seem to have grown in their suspicion of the slime in their midst.
My friends have wised up it seems and hopefully they will strat to do something more about the disease of Islam that has infected that wonderful country.
Can somebody give me the Cliff notes on what this says? And make it short.
Thanks.
A hundred thousand Dutchmen who live as normal, peaceful people, in their own peaceful country and went their own peaceful way until they were flooded by a sea of Muslims, and suddenly they no longer were normal people, but racists. Those Dutchmen have basically been driven into a corner by the Muslims where they now are accused of being against the Muslims, while in the name of a questionable philosophy a couple of hundred thousand Muslims are made happy at the cost of the happiness of a couple of million Dutchmen.
There is no upside —— only downside to allowing Muslims to immigrate to your country.
It’s called National Suicide, and it’s cause is socialist liberals getting control of the law-making and judicial processes and letting an invasion take place.
When one’s race is truly threatened, there’s nothing “racist” about fighting back. When the Jews were being exterminated, they should have fought back (I know about the Warsaw Ghetto, but it was an isolated incident). They didn’t, and they almost were wiped out. They surrendered their weapons like good law-abiding citizens, and were slaughtered.
Are the Dutch “allowed” to own firearms? Probably not. My question is - who in the hell gives ANYONE the right to tell another person that they cannot own a weapon to defend themselves with?
They’re being overrun and undermined from within. Remove the socialist liberals, then the Muslims, and the problem goes away. By any means necessary.
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